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Packers WR Donald Driver is retiring after 14 seasons.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver announced on ESPN Radio Thursday morning that he is retiring after 14 memorable seasons.

The Packers have scheduled an official retirement ceremony for Wednesday, Feb. 6, in the Lambeau Field Atrium. Fans can attend and tickets will be available at the Packers ticket office starting Friday.

Driver is the Packers all-time leader in receptions (743), receiving yards (19,137), 1,000-yard receiving seasons (7), 50-catch seasons (9), consecutive games with a catch (133), receptions at Lambeau Field (363) and receiving yards at Lambeau Field (5,000).

What else is there to say about Driver? He was one of my favorite Packers of all time and will be remembered as one of the greatest Packers ever.

Leave your favorite Driver memories in the comments section and let’s spend today remembering No. 80 for everything he’s done for the Green and Gold.

Adam Czech is a freelance reporter and a Packers fan living in the Twin Cities. Follow Adam on Twitter. Read more of Adam's writing on the Packers here.

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The Packers Hall of Fame is sponsoring a contest where you could win 2 tickets to Packers home games against the Vikings or the Lions. Also included is one night’s Hotel accommodations and two tickets to the Packers Hall of Fame.

There is no cost to enter – just go to the contest page on the Packers Hall of Fame Web Site and enter. One entry per person, but be sure to tell your friends and family about this contest. Spread the word…

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For a Wisconsin boy, not previously experiencing what I experienced this past Thursday borders on criminal.

It’s something I always wanted to do, but for whatever reason (work and before that, getting ready for school as well as my parents both working) I never got around to doing it.  This year however, after an extended NFL lockout, I decided I needed to do this……just a month shy of my 28^th birthday.

I decided to attend a Green Bay Packers training camp practice.

I have outgrown the age where Packers players could ride my bike. Well, I don’t even have a bike but if I did I’d still be over the age limit.   So instead I packed up the car and decided to make the trip to Green Bay alone for Thursday night practice.

It was a trip that almost never even left the driveway.

As I sat down in my 2005 Cavalier, I tried to start the car only to be greeted by chugging and sputtering.  I thought to myself, “This can’t be happening.  You are going to your first Packer practice about 20 years overdue and your car decides to take a dump. Unreal.”

However, much like the 2010 Packers, a little adversity was not going to get in the way of my ultimate goal.  I was going to be there for 7:00 practice if I had to hitchhike my way there.  Read more... (1095 words + 1 image, estimated 4:23 mins reading time)

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April 22, 20101 Green Bay, Wis. – Don Hutson, a Green Bay Packer Hall of Famer who played for the Packers from 1935 to 1945, hosted a radio program in the late 1940s. Selected recordings of this program are now part of the Packers Hall of Fame archives of Packers history.

Don Hutson’s nephew, Steve Hutson of Mequon, WI, donated the unusual vinyl-coated aluminum records that are 16 inches in diameter and play from the center to the outside. The Packers Hall of Fame audio engineer needed to purchase a custom-made turntable in order to play them and convert the recordings to digital MP3 files. There are three records, including one of Don Hutson’s audition for the radio show.

Tom Murphy, the Packers Hall of Fame archivist, said “these records are a great addition to our archive of physical items — but to also have these recordings in digital format really makes this donation special. We can make clips available to our members via our new online digital archive (packershalloffame.com/access-pass) and we can offer them to fans as a digital download (packershalloffame.com/online-store).

Steve Hutson said “Lee Remmel previously suggested the Hall of Fame might be able to do something with these records. It’s wonderful that my uncle’s commentary about Packers football in 1949 has been digitized and can now be heard by Packer fans throughout the world.”  Read more... (458 words + 3 images, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

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Below are the contents of a press release issued today (04/20/11) by the Packers Hall of Fame.

Packers Hall of Fame Launches Digital Archive of Packers History

April 20, 2011, Green Bay WI

 The Packers Hall of Fame has enhanced their online presence with a multi-faceted approach:

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In a conference call today, the Board of Directors of the Packers Hall of Fame announced some major initiatives to expand and improve the Hall of Fame Web site. Briefly, here are some details…

• There will be a page dedicated to every member, with information about their activities, appearances, charities events, etc.
• There will be Hall of Fame Memberships, with special benefits.
• There will be monthly web events that members can attend, such as webinars with Hall of Fame Members.
• There will be eBay-style auctions for Packers memorabilia.
• They announced the acquisition of a plethora of new interviews, recordings, film, etc.
• Creation of a Hall of Fame Blog.
• Fans will be able to submit their favorite Packers stories and have them posted on the web site.
• Email alerts for Hall of Fame events, and news.
• Target date for launch of the site is March 21, 2011
• Click  here to sign up for more info.
• Click here to listen to the conference call.

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